But I disagree at with the sentiments expressed regarding not hiring unemployed people and those who chose to go back to school during the economic recession. I realized that you stated that there are exceptions to these situations…but I think the “exceptions” are more common than you would think. I was laid off…not due to non-productivity or because I was not a good worker — but due to something completely unrelated (health issues that I had to take care of). When I was ready to work again, the availability of jobs had dried up. So I used my unemployment checks to go back to school. I realize that I had no managerial experience to justify my decision to get my MBA. However my undergraduate studies taught me that what you learn in the classroom is not the end game. If anything, it is just another hoop to jump through in the obstacle course that is our careers. When and what you learn in college can mean everything, it can mean nothing…and everything in between. What I did know when I started graduate school was that I had a lot of time to kill (do to not working, and needing to run to the doctors several times a week), and that I had the smarts to enter and finish an MBA program. Who knows if I would have the time or money in the future…so why not do it now?

Oh and another thing; tuition sure isn’t going down. So if my MBA turns out to be a waste of money…at least I wasted less money today than I would have 10 years from now!

Just forget about him. Lets go for MBA!!!!!

Hey Mark,

I give you one big reason why need to hire an MBA.

N.E.T.W.O.R.K

An MBA has better networks for your business needs.

You mention this article is based on your experience.

Based on my experience, reading your article make me strongly believe that, you are such an introvert. You judge the whole world based on your little tiny puny experience. XD.

Nevertheless, you really did a great job by getting so much attention. Negative Attentions.

LMAO!

Bye

Oh ya, almost forget to tell you something. If you do have time, pls research more about ‘what is MBA’. A simple wikipedia search, will do.

LMAO!

And please dont be stabon apologize to the MBA grads they went though a lot of hard work to get the qualification which doesnt come easy and cheap like your two degrees.

I feel the author has taken one extreme side of the argument and has been trying to over-proove it [even with proofs not related to business in any way]…

I kinda find this post not relating to the fact that a lot of MBA graduates run Fortune 500 companies or are great entrepreneurs…

I believe that the odds are high that you would find someone with an MBA who is a perfect fit for your company as an employee…

As far as your prediction that my business will fail within two years or so, I’ve been working for a business that I own full time since early 2006. So that puts me at just shy of six years now. I’m not sure why you think my business will somehow crash after being around for 6 years but before reaching the 8 year mark. Obviously I’d probably disagree, but if there is some sort of logic or common statistics you are applying that suggest that businesses often fail in that period of time, it would be interesting.

Regarding whether or not a music (what you call a “fun” degree) will get you much in this lifetime, I found my study of music composition and music theory to be extremely rewarding. The truly amazing thing about music theory is that when you really look at the core activities, it comes down to organizing complexity and finding ways to abstract away the details in order to see overall patterns and trend. Music composition is the process of assembling small things into every larger components in ways that follow certain logical rules while still being aesthetically pleasing. It involves a great deal of being able to look at something from various vantage points and see details while still maintaining a view of the overall structure. These skills are very much the same things that are required in running a business and creating software. Obviously everyones educational experience is different, but that is how music has benefited me in my non musical pursuits.

Obviously my opinion has offended you, but I do wish you all the best in meeting your career goals. If an MBA is part of that path, then I hope it is a wonderfully rewarding experience that benefits you greatly.

What would I do if someone wrote a post saying “never hire someone with two graduate degrees“? Would it offend me? No. I’d probably find it an interesting read. I might agree with parts of it. I might disagree with others. If I wanted to comment and explain what I disagreed with, I’d probably point out what part of the article I disagreed with. It might even result in an interesting back and forth conversation.

My main point was that small businesses will give more weight to an MBA degree than it is worth to them. If you feel that small businesses undervalue an MBA degree, I’d be very interested in hearing your logic and experiences.

Regarding judging MBA programs, studies by large consulting firms that looked at their own internal hiring practices found that it only took a few weeks to give non-MBA hires the education they needed to be just as successful as the MBA hires. Of course this doesn’t mean MBA programs aren’t valuable–just that they aren’t any more valuable than studying something else. If you small business it would make a lot more sense to invest in someone with domain knowledge of your business and let them pickup the necessary business skills. (An article about this.)

Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment.